A perpetual weakness of MAVs (micro air vehicles) is their frequent need for hand-holding in anything other than a wide-open or very controlled space. If they’re not using GPS or motion sensors to find their locations, they can’t turn on a dime the way a human pilot would Read More: Laser-toting MAV can find its way in tight spaces, might eventually hunt you down (video)
Two balls, one hand? In this case, that’s a definite yes, although the end result is much more appropriate for all ages. Furthering our slow creep towards engineering’s Uncanny Valley , comes a cybernetic effort out of Japan’s Chiba University that’s made to mock our most precious clown-past time: juggling View the original here: Chiba University’s one-armed.
This is Make’s John Edgar Park, manfully clutching his Arduino Grande. The oversized device isn’t just for show though, it’s a fully working unit for those projects where a standard sized PCB just won’t do. He’ll be taking excited modders though the process of building it at Maker Faire on Saturday, just head over to the demo stage at 5:30pm with your pre-written.
Let’s say you liked adding GPS to your Nintendo DS . How about adding a Nintendo DS to your GPS? Toyota is trying just that through a new Smart Navi GPS unit in its Estima Hybrid minivan that will let passengers control the mapping system Read the article: Toyota turns to Nintendo DS as in-car GPS remote, won’t guide you to Princess Peach
Have you ever wanted to preheat your oven while on the way home from work, or start your sprinklers while vacationing, only to remember you don’t have the spare loot lying around for a network of smart appliances? A recent startup (that somehow eluded Kickstarter ) called Electric Imp is about to make your wireless control / monitoring fantasies a reality with its soon-to-be-released,.
We all know that Android 1.6 isn’t getting any newer , but it’s now clear that customers pining for the I’m Watch will need to dig deeply and muster a final bit of tolerance. According to the Italian smartwatch creator, it’s made a few changes to the device, primarily to allow for greater application compatibility — hopefully this means something other than.
Though electronics hobbyists may not have the same resources that the Maker Sheds of the world have to design, package and sell do-it-yourself kits, electronics component distributor Jameco plans to change that. Excerpt from: Club Jameco borrows from Etsy and Kickstarter, lets DIYers design, sell and buy project kits
It’s not hard to see that Americans love their mobile apps , and Nielsen can now tell us by how much. The average US smartphone owner circa mid-2012 now brandishes 41 apps, a pretty hefty 28 percent increase from a year earlier. Read more here: Nielsen: Americans have 28 percent more mobile apps in 2012, look down on the web with disdain
